Drip-pan.



No. 673,24I. Patented Apr. '30, MN.

0. ML CAMPBELL.

DRIP 'PA'N.

(Application filed Oct. 30, 1900) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER M. CAMPBELL, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

DRIP-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,241, dated April30, 1901.

Application filed October 30, 1900- Serial No. 34,898. (No model.)

To a whom, it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, OLIVER M. CAMPBELL, a resident of Pittsburg, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Drip-Pans; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to drip-pans, and has special reference to suchpans as areuused with refrigerators, ice-boxes, 85c.

Heretofore in the use of the ordinary drip pans with refrigerators,ice-boxes, 850., the main difiiculty occurred when it became necessaryto empty the same, in that the water within the pan when filled, or evenpartially so, would spill over the person or onto the floor of theapartment in which it was located in carrying the same by its endsunless great care was exercised. Another objection was on account ofthese pans being generally placed upon the floor of the apartment andunder the refrigerator unusual care had to be exercised in withdrawingthe same from under the refrigerator when it was desired to empty thesame or the water therein would spill over the floor of the apartment.

The object of my invention is to overcome these difficulties orobjections and to provide such a form of drip-pan as will enable aperson to withdraw the same from under the refrigerator when necessaryordesired and carry the same to the place for emptying the same withoutany liability of the water contained therein running over the floor ofthe apartment or onto the person carrying the pan.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement,construction, and combination of parts, as hereinafter more specificallyset forth and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to whichmy invention appertains toconstruct and use my improved drip-pan, I will describe the same morefully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 showsa top view of my improved drip-pan. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same.Fig. 3 is an end view thereof. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal central sectionof the same, and Fig. 5 is a top view of another form of my invention.

Like numerals of reference herein indicate like parts in each of thefigures of the drawings.

As illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents my improved drip-pin, whichis preferably formed of galvanized sheet metal and is generally formedof rectangular shape, such as shown in Fig. 1. The pan 1 is providedwith the top 2, sides 3, and ends 4, all being formed from one piece ofsheet metal and bent to shape to form the cavity 5, and the sides 3 ofsaid pan 1 areprovided with clips or flanges 3, which are bent andsecured or riveted to the ends 4 of said pan. The bottom f said pan isprovided with the bent flanges 6, which are secured to the sides 3 andends 4 of said pan by riveting or soldering the same thereto. Handles 7are secured by riveting the same to the ends 4 of said pan 1, and anopening 8 is formed in the top 2 of said pan for the drippings to enterthe cavity 5 of the pan, which opening would be generally placed nearone of the ends 4: of the pan, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and, ifdesired, could be provided with a cover 9, pivoted at 10 on the top 2,so as to swing out of place when the pan is in use.

The use and operation of myimproved dripping-pan are as follows: When itis desired to use the pan for catching the drippings from refrigerators,ice-boxes, &c., the pan 1 is placed under the same so that the opening 8in the top 2 of said pan coincides with the drip-pipe or escape-orificein the refrigerator, which will allow the drippings therefrom to passthrough said opening 8 into the cavity 5 of said pan 1. When asufficient amount of water has dripped into the pan 1 and it is desiredto empty the same, all that is necessary is to move the cover 9 over theopening 8, grasp the handles 7 on each end 4 of the pan, and pull thepan from under the'drip-pipe or escape-orifice of the refrigerator. Thepan 1 can then be carried by said handles 7 and emptied into anysuitable receptacle or at any place by moving back the cover 9, so thatthe water within the cavity 5 of said pan will pass out through theopening 8 when said pan is tilted, the cover 9 acting to prevent thespilling of the water out through the opening 8 when the pan iswithdrawn or carried for emptying. After the pan has been thus emptiedof its contents it. can be placed under the drip-pipe or escape-orificeof the refrigerator to be refilled.

It will be evident that the drip-opening can be placed at one side ofthe pan and the handles secured to the sides of the pan, as shown indotted lines, Fig. -1, for some classes or or shapes of refrigeratorsand that a round or circle-shaped pan can be used with the opening atone side thereof and a handle secured to the same at one side thereofadjacent to said opening for smaller or diiferentshaped refrigerators,as shown in Fig. 4, in which case and in the other forms 1 the pan canbe carried by the one handle and in a vertical position, if desired.

Various other modifications in the construction and design of thevarious parts of my improved drip-pan may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

It will be seen that my improved drip-pan is cheap and simple in itsconstruction and design and will prevent water within the same frombeing spilled upon the floor of the apartment or upon the person whenwithdrawn or carried for emptying and that the same can be used forpurposes other than those mentioned herein.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- l. A drip-pan provided with integral sides, a bottom connected tosaid integral sides, a top integral with said sides and provided with anopening therein adjacent to said sides, and a handle located adjacent tosaid opening.

2. A drip-pan provided with integral sides, a bottom connected to saidintegral sides, a top integral with said sides and provided with anopening adjacent to said sides, a handle located adjacent to saidopening, and a movable cover on said top adapted to fit over saidopening.

In testimony whereof I, the said OLIVER M. CAMPBELL, have hereunto setmy hand.

OLIVER M. CAMPBELL.

